Chapter Summaries

After the battle for Heaven Dou City, Mo Lan turned the victory into political gains for the Dove Faction, while the Beast Emperor Hall openly supported her. Lin Xiuran stayed behind to guard the recovering city and pursue the forging of his Four-Word Battle Armor, reflecting on the battle and Tang Wutong.

• The Holy Spirit Cult was devastated, and the Federation army hunted down and executed the Evil Soul Masters it found.
• Mo Lan used Heaven Dou City's victory to rally public and legislative support for the Dove Faction, while the Beast Emperor Hall joined her side against the Hawk Faction.
• Mu Ye recovered from his injuries, Wu Siduo returned to normal, and Lin Xiuran honored Tang Wutong's last request by taking no action against Tang Wulin.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters returned to Shrek City, while Lin Xiuran remained in Heaven Dou City to guard against the Holy Spirit Cult's return and work toward forging his Four-Word Battle Armor.
• As Heaven Dou City rebuilt and its residents resumed daily life, Lin Xiuran watched from the Forging Masters Association and remembered the battle and Tang Wutong.

Lin Xiuran mourned Tang Wutong’s sacrifice and, encouraged by Gu Yuena, resolved to keep pursuing greater strength and the possibility of becoming a god. Meanwhile, Qiangu Dongfeng proposed a Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage to promote the Spirit Pagoda, and Gu Yuena resisted taking part.

• Lin Xiuran grieved over Tang Wutong’s final departure and wondered how he could repay her sacrifice.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Xiuran to respect Tang Wutong’s choice and assured him that becoming a god was possible for him because of his Phoenix Bloodline.
• Lin Xiuran recalled his resolve to grow stronger and looked toward a future beyond his current limits.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Guyue that the Spirit Pagoda planned to hold a Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage to improve its public standing and promote her as a leader.
• Guyue remembered the Sea God’s Fate Blind Date Event and the young man who had been betrayed by the academy, then told Qiangu Dongfeng she disliked being exposed to public attention.

Qiangu Dongfeng persuaded Gu Yuena to host a Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage, and Spirit Pagoda’s publicity made the event a continent-wide sensation. As Spirit Pagoda drew attention away from its negative press, Shrek Academy announced its reconstruction and the Federation branded the Tang Sect treasonous.

• Qiangu Dongfeng promised Gu Yuena access to the highest-floor library and freedom to reject the winner, and she agreed on the condition that he defeat her before becoming her boyfriend.
• Spirit Pagoda announced the tournament for Gu Yuena, inviting Soul Masters under thirty-five with at least six rings to register.
• News of the tournament spread across the continent, and Spirit Pagoda’s gradual releases increased its popularity while reducing attention on the organization’s negative press.
• Different factions reacted to the tournament with support, opposition, or confusion, while it received official approval.
• Tang Wulin and the Shrek Seven Monsters announced that they would rebuild Shrek Academy.
• The Federation declared the Tang Sect a treasonous organization for selling weapons and advanced soul-guided equipment to the Xingluo and Douling Empires, and carried the measure through despite public dissatisfaction.

The Spirit Pagoda promoted its Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage in Mingdu with extraordinary prizes and expanded age limits, drawing the Soul Master Realm’s attention away from other news. Meanwhile, Lin Xiuran and the Beast Emperor Hall’s Soul Beasts overwhelmed the Holy Spirit Cult, leaving the Demon Empress defeated in the ice and snow.

• The Spirit Pagoda announced that the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage would be held in Mingdu to boost its influence and keep attention away from Shrek Academy’s reconstruction.
• The Spirit Pagoda offered one hundred Black Grade Soul Spirits and other valuable prizes, stirring excitement among Soul Masters.
• The Spirit Pagoda raised the age limit for stronger Soul Masters after consulting Miss Gu Yuena, allowing older high-level contestants to enter.
• Lin Xiuran confronted the Demon Empress and declared that the Holy Spirit Cult should have disappeared long ago.
• The Beast Emperor Hall’s Soul Beasts slaughtered the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters while Lin Xiuran defeated the Demon Empress with the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear.

Lin Xiuran confronted the Demon Empress after Beast Emperor Hall thwarted the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to open an abyssal passage in the Far North. The Demon Empress unleashed a final, destructive power-up, and Lin Xiuran met her attack with the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear.

• Beast Emperor Hall discovered the Demon Empress’s forces in the Far North and inflicted near-total casualties, ruining their plan to open a passage between the abyss and Douluo Continent.
• The Demon Empress vowed that the setback would not stop the Holy Spirit Cult, while Lin Xiuran condemned its bloody ambitions and called her a pawn of the Abyssal Sage King and Tang San.
• The Demon Empress launched a desperate attack with black runes, and Lin Xiuran countered with the Nine-Colored Golden Spear as Beast Emperor Hall’s Soul Beasts drove back the surviving Evil Soul Masters.
• The surviving Evil Soul Masters began swelling and poured their power into a black vortex, which swept toward Lin Xiuran and the surrounding Soul Beasts.
• The Demon Empress absorbed the vortex and unleashed her million-year-stored inner core, greatly increasing her cultivation and the vortex’s destructive power.
• Lin Xiuran advanced and thrust the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear, releasing a burst of nine-colored spear radiance.

Lin Xiuran defeated the Demon Empress with his God Phoenix True Body, ending the Holy Spirit Cult’s final hope. Her daughter Lan Fuzi mourned her and faced Lin Xiuran, who allowed her to take the body if she promised never to return to the Land of Ultimate.

• Lin Xiuran poured his remaining Soul Power into the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear as the Demon Empress’s black vortex and tentacles attacked him.
• Lin Xiuran used God Phoenix True Body to pierce through the black vortex and fatally strike the Demon Empress.
• Lan Fuzi rushed to her mother’s body and wept, then accused Lin Xiuran of killing her.
• Lin Xiuran offered to let Lan Fuzi take the Demon Empress’s body on the condition that she never set foot in the Land of Ultimate again.

After the battle in the Far North, Lan Fuzi carried the Demon Empress back toward the sea while Lin Xiuran ordered the remaining Evil Soul Masters purged. Meanwhile, the Spirit Pagoda released videos of Guyue that stirred up the continent and revealed her beauty and combat strength.

• Lan Fuzi wept, picked up the Demon Empress, and flew toward the sea as Lin Xiuran watched her leave.
• Lin Xiuran ordered the elimination of the Evil Soul Masters scattered across the Far North.
• As Lan Fuzi reached the sea, the Demon Empress opened her eyes, which glowed with dark purple light and held an unfamiliar gaze.
• The Spirit Pagoda released promotional videos showing Guyue in the desert and beside a waterfall, where she transformed into a Battle Armor Master to confront a fireball.
• Guyue's videos shocked Soul Masters across the continent and countered claims that she was ugly, while revealing her Three-Word Battle Armor.

As the Federation fleet returned from its failed expedition and factions debated whether to destroy Tang Sect, Tang Wulin and the Shrek Seven Monsters prepared to enter the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain life energy for purifying Sea God Lake. Chen Xinjie sensed that a larger storm was coming as the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage approached.

• The Spirit Pagoda's campaign stirred soul masters across the continent to prepare for Gu Yuena's Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage while Lin Xiuran continued eliminating Evil Soul Masters in the Far North.
• Shrek Academy's reconstruction advanced, but news arrived that the returning Federation fleet had failed to reach the Star Luo Empire and would bring renewed pressure against Tang Sect.
• Tang Wulin told the Shrek Seven Monsters that they needed life energy from the Star Dou Great Forest to purify Sea God Lake, and they prepared to face its powerful Soul Beasts.
• Chen Xinjie returned with the Federation fleet and suspected that the continent's apparent prosperity concealed an approaching crisis.
• The council debated a Hawk Faction proposal to purge Tang Sect, but opposition from the Dove Faction, moderates, the Beast Emperor Hall, and shifting support around Shrek Academy prevented its passage.

Lin Xiuran saw an image of the injured Wu Siduo in the Star Dou Great Forest and left the Beast Emperor Hall to investigate, while the women there suspected the image was a trap arranged by Tang San. The chapter then shifted to the elimination day of the Spirit Pagoda’s Silver Dragon Princess Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage.

• Lin Xiuran saw an image of Wu Siduo unconscious and learned from Gu Yuena that the scene was in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Xiuran refused Yuanen Yehui’s offer to accompany him and left alone to find Wu Siduo.
• Feng Siran reassured the others about Lin Xiuran’s strength but felt an unfamiliar unease.
• The woman on the throne and the woman in green discussed the possibility that Tang San had arranged a trap for Lin Xiuran.
• The Spirit Pagoda’s tournament reached elimination day, and participants valued the cultivation benefits they had gained in the Ten Thousand Beasts Stage.

The first elimination round of the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage neared its end while Guyue remained distracted. In a forest, Lin Xiuran discovered the slaughtered Soul Beasts, including Di Tian, and Gu Yuena feared that the tragedy from her previous life had repeated despite her return through time and space.

• Soul Masters fought fiercely in the first elimination round, drawn by the Spirit Pagoda’s prizes and the chance to win Guyue’s favor.
• Guyue stood on the high platform in a golden gown, watching the competition without showing interest.
• Lin Xiuran entered a forest filled with the corpses and severed limbs of Soul Beasts.
• Lin Xiuran recognized the enormous, mutilated black dragon as Di Tian and wondered who had slaughtered the Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena trembled in Lin Xiuran’s Sea of Consciousness and questioned whether she could change the fate that had repeated from her previous life.

Lin Xiuran fought Tang San, whose Divine Soul had survived its suppression, while the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage ended with Qiangu Zhangting facing Guyue. Guyue sensed something was wrong in the direction of the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving the tournament unresolved.

• Tang San ambushed Lin Xiuran with his golden trident and revealed that his Divine Soul had survived, though it remained weakened.
• Lin Xiuran summoned the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear and clashed with Tang San’s Seagod Trident.
• Qiangu Zhangting defeated the other tournament contestants and prepared to face Guyue, while Qiangu Dongfeng expected her to let him win.
• Leng Yaozhu worried about her dead sister, her estranged disciple, and her nephew Lin Xiuran as she watched the tournament.
• Guyue and Qiangu Zhangting fought half-heartedly until Guyue sensed something wrong near the Star Dou Great Forest.

Guyue unexpectedly attacked and defeated Qiangu Zhangting at the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage, then vanished using Space Power. Her sudden departure left Qiangu Dongfeng and the spectators wondering what had prompted her urgency.

• Guyue charged Qiangu Zhangting with the Silver Dragon Spear and forced him onto the defensive.
• Qiangu Zhangting unleashed his full Soul Power, but Guyue overwhelmed him and defeated him in a single strike.
• Guyue ignored Qiangu Zhangting and vanished from the tournament using Space Power.
• Qiangu Dongfeng stopped Qiangu Zhangting from pursuing Guyue and scolded him for losing to her.
• Qiangu Dongfeng concluded that the tournament had still promoted the Spirit Pagoda and diverted attention from Shrek Academy's reconstruction, though Guyue's sudden departure puzzled him.

Lin Xiuran battled a weakened Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest and unveiled his Four-Word Battle Armor to break free of Tang San's restraint. The two charged at each other again, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Xiuran's growing strength gave him the advantage over the exhausted Tang San.
• Tang San trapped Lin Xiuran with Unsettled Storm and thrust at him with the Seagod Trident.
• Lin Xiuran awakened the power of his Nine Heavens God Phoenix and summoned his Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Lin Xiuran's armor helped him resist the restraint, and he raised the Nine Heavens God Phoenix Spear against Tang San.
• Tang San and Lin Xiuran charged at each other in renewed combat.

Lin Xiuran battled Tang San, but Guyue arrived and mistook him for the one responsible for the Star Dou Great Forest’s devastation. After Tang Wulin collapsed, Guyue turned her fury on Lin Xiuran and unleashed the Silver Dragon King’s power.

• Lin Xiuran gained the upper hand over the weakened Tang San, but hesitated when Tang San taunted him because he remembered Tang Wutong’s final request.
• Lin Xiuran struck Tang Wulin, and a silver spear flashed out to wound Lin Xiuran’s leg.
• Guyue arrived from the Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage and saw the slaughtered Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Wulin blamed Lin Xiuran for the destruction, and Lin Xiuran warned Guyue that Tang Wulin was not himself.
• Tang Wulin collapsed in Guyue’s arms, and Guyue blamed Lin Xiuran before attacking him with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Guyue’s Constricted Dragon Eyes appeared as she unleashed her Silver Dragon King power, while the exhausted Lin Xiuran struggled to defend himself.

Lin Xiuran fought Guyue with the last of his strength, but she ultimately pierced his chest with the Silver Dragon Spear. As silver light passed from him into Guyue, she felt painful, familiar memories or power return to her.

• Lin Xiuran replenished his strength with his Life Crystal Battle Armor and clashed with Guyue, but her attacks drove him back and wounded his armor.
• Lin Xiuran charged Guyue with Phoenix Truefire while she hurled a sphere formed from the power of nine elements.
• The clash threw Lin Xiuran to the ground, leaving him badly injured and Guyue weakened but still able to fight.
• Guyue used Space Power to reach Lin Xiuran and thrust the Silver Dragon Spear through his chest.
• Silver light traveled from Lin Xiuran into Guyue, and his calm gaze left her confused before she clutched her head as something familiar returned to her.

Guyue recovered her sealed memories and realized she had killed Lin Xiuran, then confronted Tang San over his role in the tragedy. Di Tian shattered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, revealing that the deaths and devastation had been an illusion created by Tang San.

• Guyue regained her memories, saw Lin Xiuran pierced by her Silver Dragon Spear, and embraced him in despair.
• Tang San revealed himself and taunted Guyue, who blamed him for manipulating events and vowed to avenge Lin Xiuran.
• Guyue prepared to attack Tang San, but the blood-red illusion began to disappear before their fight could begin.
• Di Tian appeared above the Star Dou Great Forest, and Guyue picked up the shattered, powerless Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud at her feet.
• Tang San realized Di Tian had broken the artifact and the illusion, exposing his scheme to fabricate the Soul Beasts' deaths and the forest's destruction.

Tang San’s attempt to seal Guyue’s memories failed when Di Tian destroyed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Tang San’s Divine Soul self-immolated before the power of the plane seized Tang Wulin. As Guyue mourned Lin Xiuran, a seven-colored halo and nine-colored light surrounded him, and he vanished from the Star Dou Great Forest as the women at Beast Emperor Hall recognized that he had returned.

• Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts confronted Tang San after Di Tian shattered the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Tang San separated his Divine Soul from Tang Wulin’s body and self-immolated, but the power of the plane seized Tang Wulin and carried him away.
• Guyue grieved over Lin Xiuran, and a seven-colored halo appeared where her tear fell on his body.
• The halo enveloped Lin Xiuran as nine-colored light also erupted from the Phoenix Heart at Beast Emperor Hall.
• The women beside the Phoenix Heart watched the light, and the woman in the ice-blue dress said Lin Xiuran had returned.
• A silver barrier surrounded Lin Xiuran, and he vanished from the Star Dou Great Forest.

After the silver orb vanished, Guyue regretted her actions but let the unconscious Shrek Seven Monsters leave Star Dou safely. Years later, Shrek Academy had been rebuilt amid growing factional conflict, while the Spirit Pagoda’s leaders faced the threat of Eternal Heaven Kingdom in Tang Sect hands.

• Guyue collapsed in despair as the silver orb disappeared, then asked herself what she had done.
• Di Tian asked what to do with the unconscious Shrek Seven Monsters, and Guyue ordered him to let them leave Star Dou safely.
• The fierce beasts escorted the six unconscious Shrek Monsters beyond the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shrek Academy completed its reconstruction and began recruiting students as the Spirit Pagoda founded Spirit Transfer Academy to compete with it.
• The Dove and Hawk Factions intensified their struggle, with Mo Lan leading the increasingly united Dove Faction against the Hawk Faction.
• Qiangu Dongfeng convened the Spirit Pagoda’s upper ranks to confront the humiliation of Tang Sect’s possession of Eternal Heaven Kingdom.

Qiangu Dongfeng addressed the Spirit Pagoda’s frightened senior officials, admitting that conflict with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect was inevitable and revealing preparations for an attack. Gu Yuena’s figures showed that the Pagoda had amassed formidable strategic supplies and defenses, leaving the officials stunned.

• Qiangu Dongfeng convened the Spirit Pagoda’s senior officials amid widespread transfer requests and fears that headquarters would be attacked.
• Leng Yaozhu questioned Qiangu Dongfeng, who acknowledged that the Pagoda’s conflict with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had become irreconcilable.
• Qiangu Dongfeng argued that wealth, technology, and collective strength mattered more than individual Soul Masters, then asked Gu Yuena to explain the Pagoda’s revenue.
• Gu Yuena reported that the Ten Thousand Beasts Stage had become the Pagoda’s largest source of income and that its proceeds supported research and strategic purchases.
• Gu Yuena revealed that the Pagoda had acquired one hundred Rank 9 Fixed-Mounted Soul Guidance Cannon Shells, three Space-grade defense systems, and other supplies.
• Gu Yuena said the three defense systems could protect the headquarters for three minutes during a massive explosion, enough time for everyone to escape.

Qiangu Dongfeng intimidated Spirit Pagoda leaders by claiming its defenses and wealth could withstand Shrek and the Tang Sect, then admitted privately that most of his preparations were incomplete. He left Guyue responsible for protecting Ten Thousand Beasts Stage revenue while he pursued enough Rank 9 cannon shells to ensure mutual destruction if the Pagoda was attacked.

• Qiangu Dongfeng boasted that the Spirit Pagoda headquarters was secure and dismissed concerns about Shrek, the Tang Sect, and the Beast Emperor Hall.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ended the meeting, while Leng Yaozhu remained behind grieving Yun Ming's death and losing hope in Guyue.
• Guyue told Qiangu Dongfeng that less than twenty percent of his claimed defenses had been installed and that they would take about three months to complete.
• Qiangu Dongfeng explained that he had exaggerated the defenses to keep Spirit Pagoda members from fleeing and expected some people to be sacrificed if disaster came.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ordered Guyue to safeguard Ten Thousand Beasts Stage revenue and revealed that he genuinely intended to obtain one hundred Rank 9 Fixed-Installed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells.